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The only thing you need to take on a family vacation

August 30, 2010

A hotel that calls itself a family hotel is categorically NOT a family hotel if it doesn’t pay attention to the details that make a holiday with small children workable. Last week we spent the week in Devon in a lovely family-friendly cottage. Except the cottage wasn’t set up for small children. The water was [...]

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Cloud computing

August 26, 2010
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We returned from holiday to the computer equivalent of a burglary: a virus had attacked my computer, not completely enough to wipe it, but enough to make it so slow that it would take me fifteen minutes just to log on to my email. Those were lots of fifteen minutes of my life that I [...]

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How not to lose a child in a public place

August 11, 2010
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Once upon a time there was a smug mother. This smug mother had two beautifully behaved boys who walked beside her whilst out in public and who never strayed (much) from her side in public places. Then this mother birthed a child called Ben. By the time he grew legs the smug was wiped clear [...]

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How to potty train your child in one hour and twenty three minutes

August 17, 2009

Ah, potty training. Third time round so I’m a complete pro now, right? So here’s my five step guide to potty training your child in a day – or more accurately, in one hour and twenty three minutes. 1) Bribery: make a potty training chart with stickers for every success on the potty. If stickers [...]

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Ten ways to keep your child’s daily salt intake down

April 1, 2009

As part of William’s illness he is on a low-salt diet. At first I took this to mean a no-added salt diet, but when I added up all the salt he was consuming in a day we realised he – and all the children – were eating well over their daily recommended allowance. Crap mum [...]

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Coping with four children under six

January 18, 2009

Following on from my really rather popular previous tips on how to cope with three children under five and daily life with four children under six, I hereby present ‘Coping with four small children redux’.  And if you don’t already have lots of small children, you’re certainly not going to want them after reading this. There’s [...]

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Daily life with four children under six

June 30, 2008

The last few months have been busy, tiring, sore and fun. But mostly busy. If I am crazy to have had so many children so close together, I am at least loving every minute of it (OK, maybe not the 3am ones) and somehow I make it through the days without losing my mind. Or [...]

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Sibling rivalry and a new baby

February 21, 2007

‘Come and meet your new brother.’ ‘Don’t want to.’ ‘He’s brought you a present.’ ‘Wow, what is it? It’s Diesel! Look Mummy, it’s Diesel! I LOVE my new baby.’ And so began the love affair between my eldest two children. Sally asked me about how best to minimise sibling rivalry when a new baby joins [...]

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